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However, due to action to clear a backlog of toxicology analyses and an increase in the number of deaths requiring investigation in 2020, there was a delay in receipt of relevant data from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS).
The only way of preventing rent increases from acting as a significant drag on living standards for families in receipt of housing support is to permanently link LHA to market rents.
Current process Section 17(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 was amended by the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020. It now states that upon receipt of a report on a review of local authority electoral areas and arrangements from Boundaries Scotland, the Scottish Government must lay the report on the review in the Scottish Parliament.
Current process Section 17(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 was amended by the Scottish Elections (Reform) Act 2020. It now states that upon receipt of a report on a review of local authority electoral areas and arrangements from Boundaries Scotland, the Scottish Government must lay the report on the review in the Scottish Parliament.
The substituted section 6(5) converts the power of Scottish Ministers to direct a public authority to implement measures in its Gaelic language plan, on receipt of a report by the Bòrd, to a duty to do so.
The substituted section 6(5) converts the power of Scottish Ministers to direct 3 This document relates to the Scottish Languages Bill (SP Bill 39A) as amended at Stage 2 a public authority to implement measures in its Gaelic language plan, on receipt of a report by the Bòrd, to a duty to do so.
There also appears to be increasing use of DWP statistics to get an understanding of the kind of households (including the priority groups) in receipt of means tested benefits. This is helpful given the geographic granularity of much of this information.